---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a cursive handwriting proficiency requirement in public schools."
description: "EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a cursive handwriting proficiency requirement in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "S 1044"
citation: "Idaho S 1044 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "PARENTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS", "TEACHING AND TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ccaa1a7-1783-4338-afa9-d86f9b99ded1"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1044/"
source_hash: "011800de558229b7be44da7ec80d5388e2f8881839a7123fac685aadd2dab2bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho S 1044 (2025) — EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to provide for a cursive handwriting proficiency requirement in public schools.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2025/legislation/S1044.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **58–10** (pass) · lower
- Read third time in full – — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EDUCATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-30** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Reported Printed; referred to Education
- **2025-02-13** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Read third time in full – PASSED - 29-6-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Foreman, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – Blaylock, Cook, Den Hartog, Galloway, Grow, LenneyAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2025-02-25** Read First Time, Referred to Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 58-10-2AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Church(Caldwell), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott(Scott), Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, Cheatum, Ehlers, Fuhriman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Nelsen, Petzke, SauterAbsent – Erickson, RubelFloor Sponsor - WisniewskiTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling `enrolled`
- **2025-03-10** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2025-03-11** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Reported delivered to Governor at 4:15 p.m. on 03/11/25 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by Governor on 03/12/25 Session Law Chapter 46 Effective: 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ccaa1a7-1783-4338-afa9-d86f9b99ded1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).